Impeach

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To accuse; to question the sufiiciency or genuineness of. To proceed by impeachment (q. v.). In the Law of Evidence. To call In question the veracity of a witness, by means of evidence adduced for that purpose.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To accuse, blame or censure a person. See 36 Me. 36.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To accuse; to charge a liability upon ; to sue. To dispute, disparage, deny, or contradict; as, to impeach a judgment or decree; or as used in the rule that a jury cannot "impeach their verdict" See Wolfgram v. Schoepke, 123 Wis. 19, 100 N. W. 1056. To proceed against a public officer for crime or misfeasance, before a proper court, by the presentation of a written accusation calied "articles of impeachment." In the law of evidence. To call in question the veracity of a witness, by mcans of evidence adduced for that purpose.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

To accuse or challenge; to call to account; to make or hold liable; to discredit, to seek to prove not worthy of belief; formally to accuse before a competent tribunal.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

To accuse; to charge a lia bility upon; to sue. To proceed against a public officer for crime or misfeasance, before a proper court, by the presentation of a written accusation called “articles of impeachment.” In the law of evidence. To callin question the veracity of a witness, by means of evidence adduced for that purpose.